The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd October 2020 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd October 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Man of God supposedly leaving — settle on replacementTELEVANGELISTAAcross 10: Senseless getting Serco, you said — maybe give someone else the jobOUTSOURCEAAcross 11: Star name following a particular dietVEGANAAcross 12: Let's wish leader goneLEASEAAcross 13: PM accepts a sign something's wrong following b___ difficult womanBATTLE-AXEAAcross 14: Trump's around providing a little bit of 'culture'? I kept trying to calm downPACIFICAAcross 16: During lecture deliberately overlook deceptionSLEIGHTAAcross 18: Army personnel backing Queen stand aroundREDANTSAAcross 20: Issue 100 in book for adult students?OUTCOMEAAcross 21: Dry wit rarely Oscar's way? I shouldn't say thisDIRTY WORDAAcross 23: Submit — it's Vlad!PUT INAAcross 23: Submit — it's Vlad!PUTINAAcross 24: What makes music fresh — it's live, mostlySITARAAcross 25: Sure can — fellow returned piano to top of houseFOOLPROOFAAcross 26: Might relish habitually doing this to impress?POWERDRESSINGDDown 2: Bowled over to England openers last month — new technique picked upENTRANCEDDDown 3: Degrade what a Norseman did in speech?ERODEDDown 4: Writer propping up bar as a kind of exerciseAEROBICDDown 5: Reach hotel passing through South's traditionally impoverished areasGHETTOSDDown 6: Footballer previously not inclined to give maximum effortLEVEL BESTDDown 7: Letter writer occupied by government flip-floppingSIGMADDown 8: Dodgy polaroids safe? Happiness short-livedFOOL'S PARADISEDDown 9: Neither funked playing different role in theatreUNDERTHEKNIFEDDown 15: Emotionally detached, as football stadiums this year, completely empty insideFANCY-FREEDDown 17: Good landlord won't rent — place now emptyGHOST TOWNDDown 19: Pampered, wanting nightcap initially sent upSPOOFEDDDown 20: Look up info about King — you'll easily get cash for itOLDROPEDDown 22: One going through most of shop's correspondenceRATIODDown 23: Immature creatures are protected by othersPUPAS